The bill would specifically prevent former lawmakers from engaging in lobbying if they have used taxpayer money to pay for sexual harassment settlements but failed to repay the money before leaving Congress.

Farenthold gained notoriety after it was revealed last year he spent $84,000 in taxpayer dollars to settle a sexual misconduct claim brought by his former communications director. He declined to pay the money back and worked for a time lobbying Congress.

However, lawmakers can still tap into a taxpayer funded account to make initial payments and then reimburse the funds.

Walker’s bill would not change that practice, but would bar any member who failed to pay the money back from lobbying Congress in the future.

“It’s an abuse of power to use taxpayer funds to basically cover up their actions and then leave and make a profit off their time in Congress,” Walker told the Huffington Post. “There is a fundamental problem with that concept.”

“I think Washington needs to take the lead in cleaning up its act,” he added. “This is one step in being able to move forward to say, listen, we need to be governing our own selves and not just the people of the United States.”